| Eastern breast cancer survivor shares story at tea party
Unfortunately, the problem turned out to be a small tumor in her left breast. The cancer was in its early stages, but Ramey said the news was definitely not expected.
"It shocked the hell outta me," Ramey said. "I had no family history of breast cancer."
Ramey, an Eastern graduate who lives in Fort Wright with her family, was one of five guests who spoke Sunday at the Breast Cancer Awareness Tea Party.
The tea party, which was held on campus and sponsored by the Cheer for the Cure Committee, brought in several speakers to share stories of their personal battles with breast cancer. Sponsors said they hoped the stories would help others to take breast cancer seriously and emphasize the importance of early prevention.
Ramey was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2004, had her first surgery in February and then went through four rounds of chemotherapy.
Journal Sentinel Wins Scripps Howard Award for Bisphenol A Series
It also has been found to interfere with chemotherapy for breast cancer patients. "I've learned that just because the government is saying it is doing something, doesn't mean they are, especially when it comes to monitoring dangerous chemicals," Kissinger said. The series and follow-up stories by the reporting team helped spark government and industry action. Friday, legislation was introduced in both houses of Congress to establish a federal ban on the use of BPA in all food and beverage containers. Earlier last week, Sunoco, the gas and chemical company, told two investors that it won't allow the BPA it makes to be used in products aimed at infants and young children because it can't guarantee its safety. Six major baby bottle makers agreed to stop using BPA in their plastic bottles.
An Absurd Argument- Gays and Lesbians Shouldn’t Be Allowed To
Eating more creates more problems with weight, and more weight creates higher risks for heart attacks and certain cancers, specifically breast cancer. The list of health issues cited by Dr. Sprigg (Doctor of Divinity) are all stress and depression related. Societal Stress is, basically, stress created by the prejudices faced by many gays, lesbians and transpeople. However, it should be noted that these issues also occur in other minority groups within the United States. Drug use, STD's, alcoholism, and other risky behaviors are also common in the African-American communities. The largely African-American city of Brunswick, Georgia had one of the highest populations of HIV/AIDS cases in the state. Additionally, the city had a huge number of liquor stories, including one store almost half the size of a normal Walmart.
Modifying mortgages can be a tricky business
"Ocwen was very patient with me, and they really worked with me," said Reeves, who has back problems and breast cancer. The company said its modifications were not acts of charity but were based on calculations of whether changing loan terms was in the best interests of investors. Using home price data, estimates of legal costs and the time it takes to foreclose, the company determines how much it will recover in foreclosure. It compares that with estimates of what borrowers can afford based on income, family size and expenses. "Our biggest hurdle is reaching out and talking to people," said Margery Rotundo, Ocwen's senior vice president for residential loss mitigation. "If a borrower has a desire and the ability to stay in the home, we can help them." Rotundo said the company's decades-long experience with borrowers with blemished credit histories informed its approach.
Help & support
COM: based in Portsmouth, provides breast cancer patients with a unique Web address for writing and uploading diary entries and photos; the ability to connect with other patients nationwide; resource links to hospitals and cancer centers; and information on breast cancer products, programs and events. Friends and family members can visit their loved one's Web site, follow her story and leave messages of support. Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients can search through an index of stories based on age, location, type of cancer and treatment, etc., find people in similar situations, and follow their story so they don't feel so alone. Industry professionals wishing to learn more about BreastCancerStories.com can visit the Web site and/or contact Wendy McCoole directly at Wendy@breastcancerstories.com.
Supporters outnumber opponents at Fulton nuclear reactor hearing
Kathleen Henry, a St. Louis attorney, said she had heard that there was an increased level of breast cancer among people living around the nuclear plant and that AmerenUE had experienced radioactive water leaks into the ground around the nuclear plant.Henry Robertson, representing the Missouri Sierra Club, charged AmerenUE has overstated the need for electrical power in the future. He said more jobs could be created by using renewable energy instead of nuclear power.Pamela Murray said she believes the current nuclear plant is well run and she is confident that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission makes sure the plant is operated properly. Murray said she believes a second reactor also would be supervised properly.The timetable for construction of the second reactor at the Callaway Nuclear power plant calls for it to go into commercial operation in December of 2017.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission could approve the proposed design of the second unit by October of 2010, the license from the NRC could be issued by September of 2011, plant construction could start on June of 2013, construction could be completed by June of 2017, and go into operation in December of 2017.However, AmerenUE has said it will not build the second reactor at the Callaway Nuclear Plant if the Missouri General Assembly does not repeal a 1976 law that prohibits AmerenUE from increasing utility rates while the plant is under construction.
I went to my doctor with a cough - I had ovarian cancer
I'm thankful my GP was so on the ball because you hear stories of women being diagnosed months after going to their doctors. Being told you have irritable bowel syndrome is a common thing. "Ovarian cancer can often be picked up quite easily. There is a blood test which shows indicators and you can have an ultrasound. These are two very simple things would save an awful lot of lives and heartache." n IF YOU can help Gill or would like more details, email her on gm.doughty@tiscali.co.uk .
Junot Díaz at Benaroya Hall: Author entertains audience with
The second person narrative addresses Lola, the protagonist's sister, as she learns of her mother's breast cancer. Like much of "Oscar Wao," the excerpt balances humor with somber themes, exemplifying why Díaz's novel has become so widely read and highly acclaimed. When Díaz was asked to describe what it's like teaching at MIT, where he is a professor of creative writing, he took the opportunity to praise the University of Washington, stating, “It's a lot like the UW, which can claim to be a state school, but por favor! It's a select college." Similar to the way in which he addressed the Benaroya audience, Díaz's work features bits of Spanish and Spanglish slang. When asked about this stylistic choice, Díaz spoke to the value of the unknown word or phrase.
Community events
Proceeds will benefit Beyond Boobs, a group for young breast cancer survivors. E-mail kmbunko@yahoo.com for information.
Pastor's second anniversary. 3 p.m. Sunday, Mount Olive Baptist Church, 5501 Holly Fork Road, Barhamsville. The church will celebrate the second anniversary of Pastor Clifton Collins Jr. Lady Tedra Collins will be honored at the 11 a.m. service. Information: 566-0134.
The Choir of the College of William and Mary Pre-Tour Concert. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Williamsburg United Methodist Church, 500 Jamestown Road. In preparation of its annual spring tour, the choir will perform its entire tour program. Free. Visit http://web.wm.edu/so/choir for information.
MondayAmerica's Boating Safety Course. 6-9 p.m. Monday and March 9 and 16, James City/Williamsburg Community Center, 5301 Longhill Road.
The Mercy Papers
Romm is only 19 when her mother, a civil rights lawyer and beloved former dynamo, is first diagnosed with breast cancer. So even though the book chronicles the last three weeks of her mother’s life, in truth, Romm had been living with this impending loss for most of her 20s. Even at this young age, there is wistfulness when she considers the boyfriend and "normal" life she has stepped away from: "When I go back to Berkeley, after this is done, maybe he’ll make sense again. He is part of that world of people in their twenties. Part of the jobs and bills and trips and restaurants and breakups. But right now, he is the ghost boyfriend of a ghost me—and both of us are besides the point." Populated by various hospice nurses, her father, friends of her mother and the new dog Mercy—chosen for all of her puppyish exuberance and devotion as a counterbalance to all the doom—her childhood house in Eugene, Ore., takes on its own life, an isolated bunker of illness and mortality that the outside world cannot possibly understand.
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